Pune building collapse: 72 hours on, rescuers fighting against time and debris to pull out survivors
Rescue operations are underway in Pune after a building collapsed due to a nearby garbage dump landslide. Authorities are working to reach eight trapped individuals, though progress is hindered by structural instability and debris.
Why it matters
This incident highlights critical urban safety and waste management failures in rapidly growing industrial townships.
Almost 72 hours after a massive mound of garbage crashed onto a three-storey building at Moshi near Pune city of Maharashtra, authorities have almost broken the collapsed upper slab in a complex and challenging operation to reach eight persons still believed to be trapped under the debris.
The report provides a factual account of an ongoing disaster without emotive language or political finger-pointing.
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